Supercars star Chaz Mostert to carry ‘no social media hate’ messaging on his Commodore at Sandown

The growing spate of social hate online has infuriated Supercars star Chaz Mostert so much that the 2014 Bathurst 1000 champion decided to get behind the wheel and do something about it.

Supercars star Chaz Mostert is pushing a personal campaign to end social media “hatred” after becoming increasingly “angry” over the growing vitriol he had seen on online platforms.

The 2014 Bathurst 1000 champion revealed he felt driven to make a stand against what he has labelled “social hate” after waking up “stewing” over it in the middle of the night recently.

Mostert initiated his crusade by posting a single hot pink tile to his Instagram account with a caption calling for an end to the animosity on social media, which was quickly shared among his fellow Supercars drivers.

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Driver Chaz Mostert has had enough of the online hatred creeping into Supercars.

The Walkinshaw Andretti United ace will continue his personal campaign with “no social hate” messaging on his Commodore at this weekend’s second Supercars round at Sandown, following the hot pink car bonnet he sported in the TCR series at Phillip Island last weekend.

Increasingly incensed by what he was seeing online, Mostert said he felt compelled to draw a line in the sand.

“The last straw was just seeing a fair bit more social hate inside my own sport of late,” Mostert said.

“I’d just had enough and was thinking the future is only going to get worse if no-one says anything.

“I woke up at 3am in the morning and I was absolutely stewing over the stuff that I was reading.

“You read 95 per cent of things and they are all positive and 95 per cent of the people out there are backing you through your good days and your bad days.

“But then there is a small percentage of people that don’t like you or really are not one of your proper followers and they get a kick out of trying to bring you down a level.”

Mostert has started a personal campaign to thwart social media “hatred”.

Mostert, who sits second in the championship standings behind Shane van Gisbergen entering the round at Sandown, did not want to draw attention to the specific nature of comments, or reveal the worst he had experienced on social media.

But Mostert, who has almost 94,000 followers on Instagram alone, said most of the negative ones had left him feeling irate.

“It doesn’t really upset me, it just makes me angry to be honest, which is not what I want to be. I love my sport and love doing what we do,” the 28-year-old said.

“You know you are never going to please everyone, but I also know you don’t deserve any hatred towards you as well. I think a lot of the drivers feel the same way.

“We put our whole life into our sport. You have good days and your bad days, but what helps us throughout our bad days is fan support and that positivity of coming back stronger the next time.

“I was very proud of all the drivers in the championship that did get behind it because no doubt we have all seen it at some point in our career.

“We’ve got drivers that have got young families and they put their life and dedication into their sport and leave it all on the line and to see comments come back about them it’s pretty disappointing.”

Mostert celebrating a podium at the Bathurst 500 last month. Picture: Getty Images

Mostert said there had been no special significance to the colour pink he chose other than it was “bright” to help draw attention to his message.

The WAU driver trails Triple Eight star van Gisbergen by 33 points after the opening round at Mount Panorama where Mostert picked up a pair of podiums.

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He is hoping to build on his strong start to the championship at Sandown – and wants van Gisbergen to be fit to drive as he recovers from a broken collarbone.

“My focus on going into this weekend is being as strong as I can and I hope Shane has a speedy recovery and he is here (racing) this weekend because all drivers want to beat the best drivers out there,” Mostert said.

“Shane was obviously super quick at Bathurst and he is making us all lift to another level at the moment and I am really loving that level of competition that he is bringing out there.

“I would love to come out here this weekend and give him a good run for his money.”